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good morning chair we have 16 people in attendance in the virtual audience 16 okay we can start
when you're ready good morning everyone
good morning everyone my name is bill bergman and i will be chairing this morning's meeting
of the philadelphia zoning board with me is our vice chair tenetta graham president mr chairman
board member michael johns present mr chairman tye wing you should be walking through the
to the enrollment and Ryan McAdams, what are we going to do?
Pardon me?
Pardon me?
Not me.
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Test instinct here, sounds a little better.
Also with me is our attorney, Lam, we've got something wrong here.
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
I can hear you online and I don't know testing testing we're okay
okay we're going to start over again is there no
Remember Johns, could you mute yourself for a moment?
I was mute.
I was muted.
Thank you.
testing okay okay we'll start with me is our vice chair tenetta graham president mr chairman board
member michael johns president mr chairman board member ty win she should be here any minute and
board member ryan mcadams president also here is our attorney lynn reuter uber our zba director
ian haggerty and our board administrator lakesha dandy this hearing is being recorded and will be
posted on the zba website are participating am i getting back throughout there
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staff um the the main exit is the double doors at the rear and there is a stairwell to the left
in the event of evacuation go to love park which is directly across the street
and wait there so that we can account for you
let's look at our schedule for the for today
number two mi 2025 000 685 1192 waldemere street waldemere drive
Vern Anastasio is the attorney. Mr. Anastasio.
Good morning. This is Doreen, and I will be co-hosting the morning sessions.
Vern Anastasio has been promoted.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, counsel. Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Yep, Vern Anastasio, A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O, on behalf of Mr. Farouk El-Hadi.
All right, do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Could you give us an update on this case?
Yes, we've had a full hearing, Mr. Chair, and we mentioned some additional evidence,
and the board gave us this date to return as a resumption.
The evidence that I wanted to submit, which was video evidence, we've determined should not be part of the record, but I did want an opportunity to return to the board with a revised plan that would bring the number of units down a bit.
So as a result, we're not prepared to go forward today on the resumption.
Okay, so MI-2025-000-685-1190, Woldermere Drive.
This case is continued to 12-16-2026 at 9.30.
Thank you.
Vern, I have one more here for you.
Yes, sir.
So, number three, MI-2025-002-161-1653.
0-0-2-1-6-1-16-53-South-23rd Street.
Where do you stand with that?
This is, I believe, only the second listing.
I had just met with the RCO just a few weeks ago because we had a difficult time getting a place.
And I just have not been able – my client is out of the country.
I just have not been able to connect with him and get some revisions to the plan.
so 1653 south 23rd street that case is continued to 12 16 2026 at 9 30 a.m thank you
number six mi 2026 000 720 6837 large street we want the uh appellant on to continue this
Council? Yes. Could Tracy Wright come on?
Tracy Wright has been promoted.
Looks like Tracy Wright has declined.
I'll try her again. Thank you.
she should be coming in now okay
hi good morning this is good morning could you please say your name and spell for the
photographer uh good morning my name is tracy wright a c e y w r i g h t do you swear or firm
to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes sir i do i don't believe we have all
the documents am i correct we don't have all your documents and we're going to have to continue the
case uh i her posting is incorrect she did not provide the proper posting for this year your
Your posting is not correct. That's a wrong date. Am I correct? Correct. There's a wrong date on your post. So I did not receive and I have an email. ZBA sent me an incorrect document and I did respond back to them, letting them know. And they advised me, I can give you the date that I sent that in. It has someone else's name attached to it. So I printed me. Okay.
okay but listen we we cannot go on with the the way it is and this case of where you live at 68
37 large street this is going to be continued to 12 16 2026 at 9 30 a.m okay
yes sir thank you have a good day
Number 9, MI 2026, 000725, 2452 West Toronto Street, Toronto Street, that is continued
until 12, 16, 2026.
number 12 m mr chairman at 9 30 at 9 30 a.m sure yeah um number 12 mi 2026 000 831
4901 miram miram road that case has been withdrawn and number 15 mi 2026
6-0-0-0-8-4-5-5-2-4 Longshore Road. That case isn't withdrawn.
And number 15, MI 2026-001-500-5014 Soul Street. We have no exhibits. Benjamin Justice
the is the listed owner. Do we see anyone? No chair, I don't see anyone with a hand up. Okay,
so MI 2026 001 500 5014 Sol Street. That case is continued to 1216 2026 and Mark must be heard.
Are there any other requests for continuance?
Are there any other requests for continuance?
I do have a hand up from Daniel Loza.
The hand went back down.
I'm looking for him.
Daniel Loza.
Daniel Loza has been promoted. All right.
Yeah, he probably got ready to roll. Counsel?
Yes, I'm here. Good morning, sir. Could you state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Yes, my name is Daniel Gustavo Loza. Could you spell it, please?
the a d-a-n-i-e-l losa l-o-z and zebra a right do you swear referring to tell the truth told
truth nothing but the truth yes sir counsel you you know i called for continuances do you want
to continue your case no no no we we are waiting for a tour all right so your case one but i still
have an add-on case to do okay yes sir all right so why don't you just wait a little bit okay yeah
thank you so much all right okay MI 2024 006 132 4732 to 42 North Broad Street
i vote yes this thing would proviso approved uses in the assembly and entertainment
subcategory are one movie theaters and two um nightclub and um public entertainment
it than you. Michael Johns, my vote is yes with provisos. Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with
provisos. Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes with provisos. Ty Owen, my vote is yes with provisos.
Any other requests for continuance? So we're going to move to number one. No hands. Okay,
Number one is MI-2025-000-391-3449-8th Street.
We also have a Spanish interpreter.
The Spanish interpreter has been promoted.
good morning good morning sir try your volume your volume's a little low okay hold on
can you hear me better now i i heard you better now right perfect please state your name and
spelled for the sonographer yes your honor my name is leonel gillen spelled as in l-e-o-n-e-l
gillen spelled g-u-i-l-l-e-n do you swear or affirm that you will interpret accurately
completely and partially from english to spanish and from spanish to english to the best of your
ability. I swear.
The council has already been on, is on
Daniel Lozaz, is on, and also
could you, property is owned by
Investment LLC, this is a
resumptive hearing? Yes.
Muy bien, entonces la propiedad es, la propiedad, los dueños de la propiedad es Investment LLC, este es una audiencia repetitiva.
los de la propiedad cuyos dueños son investment l lc
el nombre de complete name is f a properties investment l lc
thank you ok los propietarios de la compañía de f a properties investment llc están presentes
¿Están presentes?
Los propietarios de la propiedad FAProperties Investment LLC ¿Están presentes?
Hold on, they said they're gonna be here. I don't know what's going on.
do you have a name of a person i'm trying to get them on the phone oh okay thank you
they said that they're connected but i don't see them here
mr chairman last time it was an alpha polanco polanco hello hi i just promoted alpha polanco
oh that's probably one
Buenos días, ¿sí me escucha?
Buenos días.
¿Puedes preguntarle a su nombre y a su nombre?
Sí, solo le diré al intérprete.
a l f a polanco p o l a n c o yes my name is alfa polanco spelled as in a l f a
polanco spelled as in p o l a n c o do you swear or affirm to tell the truth
Usted jura y afirma decir la verdad?
Sí, juro.
¿Toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad?
Sí, señor.
Sí, señor.
Sí, señor.
Counselor, ¿podrías, esta es una audiencia repetitiva, ¿podrías darnos una audiencia de dónde estás?
Ok, el consejo, por favor, abogado, esta es una audiencia repetitiva, ¿puede decirnos en qué estamos, en qué, dónde estamos ubicados?
okay se lo digo en español do you want me to say it in spanish i don't care i want you to
say it in english and then okay so far we have a we have to establish three meetings with the rco
hasta el momento tenemos que establecer una reunión con el rc o the first one was on march
twenty twenty twenty five that the RCO schedule and cancel.
Muy bien, entonces, han sido tres reuniones. La primera fue en marzo veinte del dos mil veinticinco, la cual la RCO agendó y luego canceló.
The second one, April 17, 2025, in which we didn't have enough people, neighbors, to show up to the meeting.
And there is a caveat here, because most of the neighbors are tenant.
It's an area we're staying occupied, so it's difficult to bring them into the RCO meeting, right?
Permítame.
ok, la segunda reunión fue abril 17
2025, en donde no teníamos
suficientes personas, no teníamos suficientes vecinos
que se presentaran a la reunión
y aquí había una condición, había un asunto
acá, ¿verdad? y es que la mayoría
de los vecinos acá son
son propietarios
en esta área con 10
en esta área que son de 10 ocupantes, ¿verdad?
So, it's very difficult to bring them to the RCO meetings.
The last one was May 5th, 2025, in which we were able to bring 25 neighbors,
but then the RCO lacked a quorum of their board in order to issue a recommendation.
So, let me say this.
one of the reasons you had to come back was was basically two things right we needed a tax
clearance and we now have that and we have proof of posting that you posted the property yes sir
is that correct that's correct all right so questions from the board
um yeah so one of the questions we had last time was we didn't see evidence of the second unit
one of the questions
that the committee had the last time
is that we didn't have evidence of the second unit
I wonder